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Heart Gold Team, never competed before

This is my first time on this forum. I've never battled competitively before. For something to do over the summer, we made a bet $10 each for a tourny. I think it's single battle. You have to use your starter, and no legendaries. HG SS. None of them have battled competitively either, so I'm not up against anything hard. We do level 60's. My team is all around lvl 50, so I'm not quite there yet. I had the pokerus for awhile, so I'm hoping this helped, and I still have it with other pokemon if needed. It took forever to get the shinies, so I thought I'd just show them off as much as possible Here's my team so far:
Shiny Typhlosion - Brave (+Att - Speed) charcoal
Shadow Claw, Flame Wheel, Flamethrower, Swift?? (need move ideas)
Shiny Dragonair (+att - sp.att) Dragon Fang
Thunderwave, Thunderbolt, Aqua Tail, Dragon Rush (the electric moves are temporary, so give me some ideas for moves)
Rhyperior (+speed - spdef) Solid Rock, leftovers
stealth rock, earthquake, avalanche, hammer arm
Manectric (+spatt -att) static choice specs
Discharge, thunder, thunderwave, overheat (ideas for moves)
Mismagius (+speed -att) Focus Band
Thunder, Shadow ball, Psychic, Pain Split
Quagsire (normal) Water Absorb Quick Claw
Surf, earthquake, strength, mud shot
I'm only considering quagsire, because I can sub him in after I use stealth rock, expecting a water move.

I've also given some thought into getting some toxic spike action in there, whether through tentacruel or roserade. I don't own a d/p/pt edition game, so I don't have access to some of things, as far as I know. I do have s/lg/e though. If I decide to lead with toxic spikes, then I can get rid of the thunderwave moves. Maybe a protect/stalling pokemon to go with the poison? Quagsire would be my first priority for replacement.

Please keep in mind that none of my opponents have played the game competitively.

Any pokemon or moves you can think of that I could/should use, be my guest to suggest

In case you want to EV train, I've listed the EVs. Keep in mind though, that you might want to first remove all of the current EVs via berries in order to be sure about what EVs your Pokémon are getting.
Also keep in mind that any Pokémon that has (had) the Pokérus Virus will receive double the EV points after each battle.

Your Typhlosion, though Shiny, doesn't have the best nature. Any nature that doesn't lower its Speed would've been better. What I'll do is list multiple options, one is based on the current Typhlosion, the other in case you want to breed.

Keep in mind that Typhlosion would like to reach 160 Speed at lvl 60. That way you'll outspeed most Pokémon, as long as you have the Choice Scarf equipped. Since you're faster, you can fire off at least one OP Eruption. Flamethrower is there for when you're at lower health, the rest is coverage. Keep in mind that Focus Miss has shabby accuracy.

I'll take a look at the rest of the team later. I have just one question though, are you willing to breed (for moves)/EV train/etc?

[/QUOTE]I'll take a look at the rest of the team later. I have just one question though, are you willing to breed (for moves)/EV train/etc?[/QUOTE]

I would breed for sure, and I would do my best to train the EV's accordingly. The level cap is 60. haha I knew its nature was bad, but I couldn't help it. Although I got lucky with dragonair's nature I think.

I might change Manectric to Charge Beam, Signal Beam, then a combination of Overheart, Flamethrower, or Thunder.

I'm happy with Mismagius, as I like the Focus Band/Pain split combo.

I'm thinking about a toxic spikes combo, with a Blissey that can use protect and substitute. But I don't know who I would take out. Quagsire for one, but I'm not sure about the other. They won't have any clue about rapid spin, so that's good. OR I could stall with Rhyperior. Teach it protect and dig instead of earthquake and some other move? I wouldn't know which one to get rid of. I love avalanche, and hammer arm is good.

Now I'm trying to get a shiny porygon to add, but I'm not sure if it is worth it. I could add an espeon, umbreon, or porygon. (game corner)
This would likely replace Manectric I think. Let me know what you guys think. I wish I could replace Typhlosion, but we have to use our starter.
And can someone please tell me how to pronounce mismagius... It's bugging the crap outa me haha. Thanks

hello cincyred a shiny porygon is up to you
an umbreon or espeon is better than the porygon though
I will not post ev's unless you want me to
Umbreon
leftovers
toxic
protect
moonlight
substitute/stab move
Espeon
life orb
psychic
shadow ball
calm mind
morning sun

also I think mismagius is pronounced
miss-mag-ee-us
I think

hope that helps

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Ok guys. The tourny is one week away. It's just between me and a few of my friends, and we've all only played casually. The stakes have been raised to $15 per person, so winner gets $75. Easy money! I'm starting to get sucked into the competitiveness of it all. SO. Here's yet another update (sorry guys)

So, with those candidates named, I am leaning towards a team of typhlosion, dragonite, drapion, rhyperior, ninjask, and manectric. I was watching the 5 guys and a Gigalith series on youtube, which is what inspired me to use Ninjask with giga impact. Buuut, then I got sucked into the idea of baton pass. Ninjask is also the only one, besides drapion, who I am paying attention to with the EV's. All attack and HP.

I could also continue going for a shiny porygon-z. The sad thing is... I already got a shiny one after a short time of hunting, but it was +atk and -spatk. Very depressing.. So after long consideration, I decided to scrap it and keep hunting. I didn't want to waste all those game corner coins. So let me know what you would do with this team. I have to use typhlosion, and I'm not sure what role he should play.

My shinies are not for trade or cloning.
Shinies are not listed in order, for example the last shiny on the banner is not always the latest shiny I've obtained.
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